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Singh, R K

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Pradhan, Saswat Kumar

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2012-01-16T11:57:44Z

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2012-01-16T11:57:44Z

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2011-12

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CHEMCON-2011, December 27 - 29, 2011, Bangalore, India

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http://hdl.handle.net/2080/1600

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Copyright belongs to Chemcon 2011

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Biomass fuels and residues can be converted to more valuable energy forms via a number of
processes including thermal, biological, and mechanical or physical processes.Slow pyrolysis
is one of the three main thermal routes, with gasification and combustion, for providing a
useful and valuable bio-fuel. In this paper, the slow thermal pyrolysis of mustard seed was
carried out in a semi batch reactor made up of stainless steel at temperature range from 400
°C to 500 °C to produce bio-fuel. The effect of temperature on yields of pyrolysis of liquid
product, char, gaseous product and reaction time was studied. The maximum liquid yield obtained was 63.52 wt% at a pyrolysis temperature of 450°C. The liquid fractions thus obtained were analyzed for composition using FTIR and GC-MS. The chemical characterization showed that the bio-oil obtained from the above raw material may be potentially valuable as a fuel and chemical feedstock.